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He Who Hesitates....A Case for Commitment!
Peter Masterson directs another tender film in the manner of his 'The Trip To Bountiful'. Based on the play by Larry Ketron (who also wrote the screenplay) THE ONLY THRILL follows the lives of four people over a period of 30 years, a time frame that wisely incorporates all the changes that happened between the 1960s and into 1996. Not only is this a strong story about relationship possibilities, it is a chronicle of the changing mores from the decade of 'Love' to the decade of dissolution: social changes here documented make a lasting impression on those of us who have lived that time frame. <
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>Reece McHenry (Sam Shepard) owns a Used Clothing store in Austin, Texas and employs Carol Fitzsimmons (Diane Keaton) as his seamstress. Reece's wife has been in a vegetative state for years and Reece has had brief encounters with other women who understand his sorrowful commitment to his physically unavailable wife. Slowly Reece and Carol find companionship and develop an affair that remains on one level: Reece is afraid to fall in love and Carol is afraid to ask for more from the relationship than she is getting. Reece's son Tom (Robert Patrick) is a loner, unwilling to be in a relationship with a single woman and Carol's daughter Katherine (Diane Lane) is a free spirit who longs to be an actress and needs to feel free to have her own life to herself. As Reece and Carol develop their mutual needs so do Tom and Katherine, and if ever there were examples of 'like father/mother, like son/daughter' they are here. <
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>At the point where both potential relationships could become solid, fate intervenes: Carol's sister is ill in Canada and Carol must move there (wanting Reece to move with her), and Katherine gets a call from a little theater in Tennessee for an acting part and she elects to leave Austin and Tom to pursue her own life. <
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>Thirty years pass and though both couples have chances to reconnect, they don't. Finally Katherine and Carol return to Austin and Reece and Tom find Carol has the same illness from which her sister died. Reece's distress over the fact that he has allowed thirty years of irretrievable life to escape him only to have his true love for Carol surface too late makes him plead with Tom to not follow in his mistakes. The closing of the film is a touching but not mawkish paean to the importance of commitment to meaningful relationships and how that is handled is a moment not to be missed or prejudiced by a spoiler. <
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>The writing is exceptional, as is the direction. Though the above summary may sound like a maudlin soap opera it is anything but that. Laced with humor, philosophy, a variety of genuinely touching character actors (Tate Donavan, Sharon Lawrence, and especially Brad Leland), this story captures the flavor of a small town in transition. There are many moments of true comedy laced with tragedy that mark the works of fine writers for the theater. <
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>Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Diane Lane and Robert Patrick are all excellent in their pivotal roles. It is a pleasure to see such gifted actors strut their stuff! A warm, meaningful movie. Grady Harp, March 05

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A Beautiful Way To Go!
This movie "The Only Thrill" was brilliantly cast with Diane Keaton as(Carol) and Sam Shepard as(Reece).
The movie had such love and caring of two people who spent all their time together. One who has love and the other who cares and is afraid of love.
I am certain with the love, laughs, ups and downs you will cry, but I promise you it will be The Only Thrill you need. Great movie, Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard are my favorite actors but this movie was worth waiting for. I do recommend it as it will take your breathe away!

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Don't Wait Until it is Too Late
"The Only Thrill" tells the story of two people (Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard) who are destined to be together, but because of certain insecurities, never do connect. Now their kids, her daughter and his son are falling in love and are about to make the same mistake their parents did.

This was a wonderful story that brought tears to my eyes (not many movies do that to me) in certain parts as well as laughter. One of the things that I loved was how they showed the characters through the course of about 30 years. It was such a bittersweet and wonderful movie to watch.